‘Wrecking Ball’ and other objects that made news in 2013

According to her former aide, Janet Napoles stored cash in a bath tub. Shown above is allegedly her daughter Jeane. Huffington Post published a correction saying it wasn’t Jeane and that it was a stock photo.

By Mong Palatino
Bulatlat.com

1. Martilyo. Robbers belonging to the ‘Martilyo Gang’ used a hammer and crowbar to rob jewelry shops in SM North Edsa, the grandmother of all supermalls in the country. Because of this incident which happened during the Christmas shopping rush, hammers cannot be sold anymore in malls and police has banned the wearing of caps and sunglasses inside shopping centers. SM should revise its jingle: We’ve got it all for you, except hammers.

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